Building a Front Yard Garden at Serendipity Gardens – One Year at a Time

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Front yard beauty

Most of Serendipity Gardens lies within the back fence, behind a gate that sports a frog sign saying “Welcome to My Garden.” The front yard, however, is what a visitor to the garden first sees. Over time, I am pleased to say, it has melded together into a pretty sight. Time is the key word here, though, because I have been working on this vista for at least six years. Here is the story of the front yard.

When we moved into this house, 12 years ago now, the front yard consisted of two forsythia shrubs, a Korean lilac, a dwarf Alberta spruce, and a few common hostas. The area between the driveway and the front porch had only a short sidewalk, and the part of the yard between that walk and the driveway often became quite muddy in the winter. ... Read More